Program Director Toby Silver
Toby R. Silver, a longtime WSJD member, currently serves as WSJD’s program director and previously represented WSJD on the ASL Shabbat Coalition. Toby has led efforts to promote adult education about Judaism and created the very first “Cook N’ Nosh” virtual cooking series for the WSJD community. She enjoys serving as a lay leader during WSJD’s […]
Volunteers Director Stephanie Summers
Stephanie was raised in Montgomery County, Maryland. Stephanie has been a long time member of WSJD. She recalls growing up attending services and holiday events provided by and through WSJD. She was thrilled to see the community come together for the ASL High Holidays and many other holiday events. She wants to continue to see […]
Treasurer Scott Recht
Scott Recht was born in Steubenville, Ohio and was raised by Jewish parents in Weirton, WV in a Conservative Jewish household. He attended the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Pittsburgh, which was about 55 minutes away from his home and graduated from there. He went on to Gallaudet College (now University) and earned […]
Secretary Marcia Zisman
Marcia is a native Washingtonian who has spent most of her life in the Metro DC area. Marcia graduated from Gallaudet University with a B.A. degree and McDaniel College with a Master’s Degree. After a 30+ year career in the federal government she retired in 2017. Marcia’s parents, Jean and Izzy Zisman, were among the […]
Vice President Lizbeth Katz
Liz was born and raised in the Washington DC area in a conservative Jewish family and had a bat mitzvah, although she did not have as full a Jewish education as her hearing peers. Liz was a member of Temple Beth Solomon of the Deaf in Arleta, California while attending California State University at Northridge. […]
President Jeffrey Buxbaum
